Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019).

There are many opportunities in any manufacturing operation to improve efficiency, both in the main operationx000D
and in the various required support activities such as design and procurement. The challenges to be investigatedx000D
in this work include (1) mapping the current design and procurement process and flow of information; (2)x000D
analyzing the effectiveness of existing software tools and software interoperability; (3) analyzingx000D
communication and information exchange between departments; (4) identifying any causes of missingx000D
information or errors and proposing solutions to mitigate them; and (5) creating the capacity in the design andx000D
procurement departments to support any improvements made on the production line. The industry partner isx000D
seeking to improve the performance of supporting operation such that balanced improvement can be achievedx000D
on the manufacturing and administrative aspects of the industry partner. In order to improve these front-endx000D
operations, a four-step methodology is proposed that will be carried out over six months in collaboration withx000D
the industry partner: (1) analyze the efficiency of the current state of supporting operations and processes,x000D
including defining underlying operations, investigating the current state of information exchange, buildingx000D
process mapping, and collecting analyzing data related to the process maps; (2) develop a framework forx000D
efficiency improvement, including building a systematic model that addresses shortcomings in the currentx000D
system; (3) test and improve the proposed framework, including aiding the industry partner in the early stagesx000D
of implementation; and (4) define further possible improvements and future research. This research will benefitx000D
the industry partner and the construction manufacturing industry more generally by investigating how to reducex000D
process waste in construction manufacturing beyond what is normally identified and focused on in currentx000D
practice.